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From: Sullivan@cup.portal.com (sullivan - segall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: AMIGA too slow for speeds higher than 9600 Baud? HELP!
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Date: 15 Apr 90 01:50:33 GMT
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>** Begin quote **
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>The problems stem from a combination of hardware and software.  The
>hardware problem is the Paula chip, which implements the serial
>interface.  It is slightly dumb; software must calculate parity and
>provide the start and stop bits, because Paula provides little more
>than a shift register.  The software must also provide the handshaking,
>whether XON/XOFF or RTS/CTS (7-wire).
>
Hey, this is EXACTLY what I need.  Does anyone know what the maximum
sustained serial output rate is for the PAULA chip w/o start and stop
bits?  (I need to output a serial data stream that is *continuous* ie:
has no start or stop bits, only periodic synch words.)... hmmm.

Btw: just looked in the hardware manual at the description of the output
register and it seems to enforce one start bit.  Oh well.
 
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